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enBrown Bag lunch provides grant application information for nonprofits: April 1http://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/brown-bag-lunch-provides-grant-application-information-nonprofits-april-1
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<p>During the month of April there will be a series of presentations, including tomorrow&#39;s Brown Bag lunch, providing new information and ideas to area nonprofits.&nbsp;WTIP volunteer Yvonne Mills spoke with Ann Possis of the Cook County Community Fund on North Shore Morning.&nbsp;<br />
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Local NewsTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:08:43 +0000wtip31639 at http://www.wtip.org/drupal"Spring Dance" feaures Randy Sabien and the Unusual Suspects on April 4http://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/spring-dance-feaures-randy-sabien-and-unusual-suspects-april-4
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<p>You&rsquo;re invited to put on your dancing shoes and come to the North Shore Music Association&rsquo;s music and dance event on April 4. WTIP volunteer Barb Heideman spoke with NSMA&#39;s Kate Fitzgerald on North Shore Morning.&nbsp;</p>
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Contact:&nbsp;Kate Fitzgerald - North Shore Music Association, 218-387-1272<br />
Email:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:music@boreal.org">music@boreal.org</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Web:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.northshoremusicassociation.com/">www.northshoremusicassociation.com/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Event:&nbsp; Spring Dance! Randy Sabien &amp; the Unusual Suspects<br />
Venue:&nbsp; North House Folk School, 500 W. Highway 61, on the harbor in Grand Marais<br />
Date:&nbsp; April 4, 2015<br />
Time:&nbsp; 7:30-10:30 PM<br />
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Local NewsTue, 31 Mar 2015 16:42:14 +0000wtip31635 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalSheriff to launch interactive websitehttp://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/sheriff-launch-interactive-website
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<p>The Sheriff&rsquo;s department will soon have an interactive website featuring new crime mapping softwear. WTIP&rsquo;s Jay Andersen spoke with Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliason.</p>
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Local NewsTue, 31 Mar 2015 16:17:34 +0000wtip31630 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalMoving Matters, especially back from "the fiscal cliff"http://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/moving-matters-especially-back-fiscal-cliff
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<p>The Sawtooth Mountain Clinic is involved both with Moving Matters and the Great Places Project. The clinic and other rural clinics have made the hurdle back from an impending fiscal cliff. WTIP&rsquo;s Jay Andersen spoke with clinic CEO Rita Plourde and Moving Matters coordinator Maren Webb. The number to call in order to contact your senator about supporting rural health centers is 1-866-456-3949.</p>
Local NewsTue, 31 Mar 2015 15:55:42 +0000wtip31627 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalSeptic installers/designers say their situation is criticalhttp://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/septic-installersdesigners-say-their-situation-critical
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Spring is sure to come and when it does, the county&rsquo;s many septic installers should be digging in the dirt. But currently at least 17 of them are not happy with the county&rsquo;s septic ordinance to the point of hanging up their backhoes.</p>
<p>According to one Gunflint Trail installer, the problems have reached crisis proportions. Three meetings with Planning and Zoning personnel have already be held, a fourth is scheduled for April 8.</p>
<p>At issue is the wording and administration of the ordinance. What installers refer to as &ldquo;county regulatory overreach.&rdquo; They also don&rsquo;t like the way they&rsquo;re being treated.</p>
<p>They argue that due to the geography of Cook County, to make septic systems work here requires flexibility and creativity, but the county regulations are often more stringent than state regulations. They also feel their credentials are being called into question. The county septic installers not only have years of experience, but hundreds of hours of continuing education.</p>
<p>Installers have several language changes they&rsquo;d like to see in the county septic ordinance. The number and frequency of inspections, they maintain, slows down construction time. Also, design changes to accommodate unforeseen circumstances in construction are required during the short construction season rather than when the project is finished. A time as well as trust issue for the installers.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Abandonment&rdquo; is another big issue with installers. Often they are required to destroy old systems &ndash; typically outhouses -- before the new ones are complete, leaving no operating system. The county requires a certificate of compliance on a new installation, but while the certificate is issued to the landowner, the county holds the installer responsible for destroying the old system, sometimes holding up issuing a new permit until the abandonment issue is resolved. Installers also want the time for both compliance with destruction as well as for the valid construction permit to be lengthened.</p>
<p>Changes in the ordinance and the way it&rsquo;s carried out are framed within what installers see as a lack of trust, arbitrary interpretation of the rules -- even alleged abuse of power. Their frustration is palpable and they&rsquo;re at the end of their regulatory ropes. They&rsquo;ve been working with the Cook County Chamber of Commerce to articulate their concerns. The Chamber&rsquo;s goals include looking at regulations that unreasonably repress economic development.</p>
<p>Planning and Zoning administrator Tim Nelson is arguing that his office and the installers have &ldquo;an overabundance of cases&rdquo; pending. Suspending inspections for a time would help alleviate the backlog. Whether or not the septic crisis will be eased after the county board voted for a suspension of lakeshore septic inspections for as much as two years, remains to be seen.</p>
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Local NewsTue, 31 Mar 2015 13:00:00 +0000wtip31605 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalWolf reinstatement leaves some without predator control optionshttp://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/wolf-reinstatement-leaves-some-without-predator-control-options
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<p>Last winter a federal judge ruled to return the wolf to the Endangered Species List. As a part of WTIP&rsquo;s Community Voices project,&nbsp; producer Joseph Friedrichs talked with area conservation officers, trappers and farmers to find out what changes are in store for them in northeast Minnesota.</p>
<p>Because of the intense interest in wolves and the wolf hunting/trapping season here in Cook County, WTIP has been following the story in depth. Here&rsquo;s another side to that story.</p>
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Local NewsMon, 30 Mar 2015 13:59:08 +0000wtip31599 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalChild Protection in Cook Countyhttp://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/child-protection-cook-county
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<p>Child protection is a community effort, and locally we have the support of Cook County Public Health and Human Services. &nbsp;WTIP&rsquo;s Veronica Weadock spoke with Social Services Supervisor Grace Bushard and Child Protection Social Worker Heidi Akins of PHHS. &nbsp; Concerns about a child&#39;s safety or wellbeing can be reported at 387-3620.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"><a href="http://www.co.cook.mn.us/index.php/government/departments/public-health-and-human-services">Cook County Public Health &amp; Human Services</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">411 W Second Street</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">Grand Marais, MN 55604</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">(218) 387-3602</span></p>
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Local NewsFri, 27 Mar 2015 17:51:39 +0000wtip31575 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalISD 166 School Board sets calendarhttp://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/isd-166-school-board-sets-calendar
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<p>A finalized school calendar, industrial arts expansion news and the Knowledge Bowl Team advances to state.&nbsp; WTIP&rsquo;s Jana Berka spoke with ISD166 Superintendent Beth Schwarz&nbsp;on Daybreak.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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Local NewsFri, 27 Mar 2015 17:40:38 +0000wtip31573 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalUpdate from recent City Council meetinghttp://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/update-recent-city-council-meeting
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<p>A possible IRRRB funding package, an update on the District Heating Project, and a proposal for observation binoculars by the harbor .&nbsp; WTIP volunteer Joey Detrick spoke with Grand Marais Mayor Jay Arrowsmith Decoux about the recent city council meeting on North Shore Morning.<br />
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Local NewsThu, 26 Mar 2015 18:42:49 +0000wtip31566 at http://www.wtip.org/drupalPredictions and precautions for 2015 fire seasonhttp://www.wtip.org/drupal/content/predictions-and-precautions-2015-fire-season
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<p>There&rsquo;s a prediction that the spring of 2015 may be an active fire season.&nbsp; WTIP&rsquo;s Ann Possis spoke with Nancy Larson and Patti Johnson of the USDA Forest Service on Daybreak.<br />
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Local NewsThu, 26 Mar 2015 17:33:36 +0000wtip31564 at http://www.wtip.org/drupal